Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Massachusetts could cut down on plastic litter, create less garbage, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save cities and towns millions of dollars every year by modernizing the way it recycles ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, has developed resources for pharmacies to recycle stock bottles. In support of APR’s primary goals to increase the supply and enhance the ...

U.S. PET bottle recycling was at 29 percent for 2022, continuing what has now become a decadelong trend for that segment of the plastics recycling market. The National Association for PET Container ...

California’s recycling rate is well below official state goals, leading some to look for a fix to the bottle bill program. There are a couple of reform bills pending in the state legislature, ...